Corn-husker.



H. S. BLAIR.

GORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1908.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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FICE.

HERBERT S. BLAIR, OF BUCYRUS, OHIO.

CORN-HUSKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. BLAIR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio,have invented a new and Im proved Corn-Husker, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in corn huskers, belonging to thatclass of huskers which is made as an attachment for the hand andembodies a hook for engaging the husks and stripping them from the ear.

The object of the invention is to so connect the hook with the palmplate, that it may be moved from side to side and turned to varyingangular positions within certain limits and secured to the plate in anyposition of its adjustment within these limits, whereby it may berelatively disposed on the palm plate to suit the particular motion ofthe user.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a corn husker embodying myinvention, as applied to the hand; Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view ofthe same partly in section, with the strips removed; and Fig. 3 is anedge view of the palm plate and husking hook shown in Fig. 2.

In the construction of my improved corn husker I preferably use a palmplate 5 of the well-known shape shown to suitably conform to the palm ofthe hand, and having an angular transverse bend intermediate its length,as indicated at 6 in Fig. 3, for receiving the ball of the hand. At thebottom. and top edges of the plate it is respectively riveted orotherwise suitably secured to a wrist strap 7 and a palm strap 8, thelast mentioned strap passing through a slit in a flap 9, which forms aprotective covering for the hand underneath the plate, and is extendedto and attached to the wrist strap.

Below the angular bend 6 in the plate is adjustably connected a huskinghook 10, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 31, 1908.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 413,519.

adjustment being effected by forming two laterally-spaced slots 11 inthe shank of the hook and passing through each of them a screw 12, whichis threaded into the palm plate. The upper slot 11 in the hook ispreferably formed on an arc in which the lower screw is the center,whereby it may be turned to any angular position within certain limits,and may also be shifted from side to side with respect to the plate andbe secured in any position of its adjustment. This enables theadjustment to be made with minuteness to suit the notion of the mostexacting user, which I regard as a principal feature of the invention.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention indetail, I nevertheless recognize that changes may be resorted to fallingwithin the scope of the claims annexed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A corn husking attachment comprising a palm plate and a husking hook,one of which has laterally extending spaced slots curving in onedirection, and. the other having threaded openings, and screws passingthrough said slots and. threaded in the said openings, connecting theplate and hook to gether, whereby the hook is adjustable as a wholelaterally and in angular positions with. respect to the plate within thelimits of said slots.

2. A corn husking attachment for the hand, comprising a palm plate, ahusking hook having laterally-extending spaced slots in its shankcurving in one direction, and screws for holding the hook in adjustedposition on the plate, passing through said slots.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT S. BLAIR.

Witnesses EDUARD CEnITs, I/VALTER A. ZELLNER.

